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Best time to plant a tree is 500 years ago, and now is not too bad, either.

I got vaccinated against a lot of maladies while in the service, and while I still have some lasting nerve damage I accept it as part of the cost of protecting the group.

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What did you get nerve damage from? I assume it wasn't from the vaccines, but someone might infer this and point out a reason why we should avoid them.

Guillain–Barré syndrome[0] is a rare reaction to vaccination that causes the body to attack its own nerves and damage the myelin sheath. Possibly related?

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guillain-Barr%C3%A9_syndrome

FDA Warns About Post-COVID Vax Guillain-Barré Syndrome : https://www.medpagetoday.com/infectiousdisease/covid19vaccin...

EU lists rare nerve disorder as side-effect of J&J COVID-19 vaccine : https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/...

COVID itself causes Guillian-Barré Syndrome. https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMc2009191

All vaccines have the occasional rare side effect; Guillian-Barré is one of the more well known ones, and people get it from the flu shot each year. It's also quite clear the COVID vaccines haven't killed 600k in the US like the disease has, though. As with any other health intervention, the cost/benefits have to be weighed; they have been continue to be with regards to the vaccines.

>I assume it wasn't from the vaccines

Why do you assume that? What risks do you believe vaccines to have and not have?

Good point, thanks. My point was vaccines are great, and I’m sorry to give fuel for doubt. I don’t think my numb thigh was due to any of the vaccines, but rather the needles. It could also be unrelated, and I’ve erroneously linked them. It’s gotten neither worse nor better in the last handful of years, and is a minor concern, as far as I know.

Ironically this comment would be equally helpful to pro- and anti-vaccine people.

Perhaps that is because there is an indisputable truth to what he/she is saying, and that there is more subjectivity to the vaccine debate than meets the eye.

FWIW I have a friend, a former Marine who refuses to get the vaccine because of his experience in the military. He has diabetes and blames the vaccines he got while stationed in the middle east.

Vaccines don't cause diabetes [0].

0: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/11731639/

I know this, unfortunately he doesn't, or doesn't choose to accept it.

A friend can't donate blood ever because of his malaria vaccination in the Canadian service. Thanks for putting the wolfpack ahead of the wolf!

> while I still have some lasting nerve damage

Is nerve damage a common side-effect from military vaccinations?

No idea. My point was to promote vaccination, even if there might be potential side effects in a small number of people. I accept that risk to help others. I’m not sure the vaccinations or physical injections are even the cause.

Nerve damage? From vaccines?

Probably from the various bioweapon-related vaccines like the Anthrax vaccine among others.

Guillain–Barré syndrome[0] is a rare reaction to vaccination that causes the body to attack its own nerves and damage the myelin sheath. Possibly related?

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guillain-Barr%C3%A9_syndrome

Us military isn't exactly known for limiting soldiers exposure to awful chemicals. Seems like all my vet friends and family members have some kind of malady caused by exposure to random toxins.

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